We are currently Re Mastering 1/4" Master Tapes from the 80's & 90's and have published a list of tapes in our archive. Please click here to view the list of Artists on these tapes.

Linden Studio is top quality Pro-Audio facility based in Cumbria in the South Lake District, highly respected for professional recording & production of music. With Producer & Engineer Guy Forrester, we manage a variety of music projects with Bands, Songwriters, Composers, Vocalists, Soloists, DJ's, & Rappers. We record voice-overs, provide ADR facilities, & create music & fx, for TV Film & Multimedia.

The Studio

Caters for all kinds of artists and Bands who wish to compose, write songs, work on pre-production, record, mix and produce the best quality CD Masters'.

Analog Desk

Soundcraft 2400 Console with 40 inputs. Because this console is very neutral, it is perfect for recording. It adds no artifacts or audible distortion of it's own other than when using the Eqs. You never have to worry that the original recording has been altered or colored.
Adding color or character to vocals or instruments is best done with Valve Pre-amps designed especially for that purpose.

Tube Instrument & Mic Pre-Amps. The Art Pro MPA II

Guitars Bass's and Vocals and many other instruments will often sound smoother & richer in harmonic content, when a high quality Tube Pre-amp is used in the recording chain
The Art Pro MPA II Mic and Instrument Pre' is a 2 channel Rack mount Tube Pre-amp that is reviewed as one of the best sounding units out there.
I personally love this thing! It has so many options for gain, saturation and stereo configuration including 'mid-side'
(eg if you record acoustic guitar in stereo and want to capture more of the acoustic space surrounding the instrument).
The Art Pro's 'padding' and input gain control options make this unit ideal for inserting into the signal chain in pro tools to use on already recorded track(s) where tube saturation would be desirable.

Microphones

We have a wide selection of studio microphones for drums and instruments, Shure, Sennheiser, AKG and Beyer, plus new and vintage vocal mics inc AKGC414, T-Bone valve, Newman valve, Rode and STC, all with Spider Web shockmounts.

Pro Tools 11 with 20 analog inputs

ProTools 11 with it's advanced plugins designed, & modelled from original classics like Neve, EMI, SSL, etc and allow so much choice of tone and dynamics in your final mix.

ProTools 11 is a full 64 bit system which allows very large numbers of tracks to be recorded at once. Even more mixing possibilities are available, since it makes very efficient use of computer power. Advanced Instruments and Fx plugins are, or have been ported to Avids new AAX 64 bit format.

Guitar

We still record guitars on amps, but we also have some awesome guitar software, allowing you to record guitars without an amp, but acheiving virtually any classic electric guitar sound. Equally important, the ability to create real drum sounds.

The studio is is perfect for bands who wish to record 'all together'. Pro Tools 10 & 11 allow you to record up to 32 Audio Tracks "all at once" and then, virtually any number of record / playback tracks as well as the virtual Instruments and midi tracks.

Alternatively, artists may like to start with the basics, adding electronic and / or acoustic instruments 'bit by bit'.

Control Room

Control room is smallish but comfortable and the main monitors are superb! Separate amps running on crossovers powering twin 15" reflexes tuned to 40 Hz for that big smooth bottom end, with Tannoy LRM 12" Dual Concentric's for excellent stereo precision

Rates here are affordable and are flexible, we do an hourly rate for short sessions ie 1 - 4 hrs, then a short day rate of 6 hrs, or long day rate of 8-10 hours. Blocks are discountable. We also offer a special rate for longer projects where session days are booked over a period of months, ie once a week or maybe 2 days a month. etc
please call us on 01539-624827 or click here to email.

We do special rates for singer songwriters, who want help produce their songs over a period of time with Guy Forrester as producer,
Instruments and musical input can be provided.

Even if you do not have a band or musicians to work with, but are able to competently play 1 or more instruments, you will achieve amazing results. Several of the featured artists shown on our website have been working this way. As Musicians ourselves, we can help with Guitar Bass Drums and Keyboards.

In the Artist section and Audio section, there are some special artist pages and music tracks. Check out the video page as well. You will find lots of music from some of our featured songwriters, bands, and 1 or 2 of our own. enjoy!

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